Use the report to explore different views of data on enrolments, commencements and student numbers by month, year, education sector, source country and state/territory.
Key points
- In year-to-date April 2025 there were 794,113 international student enrolments, a 2 per cent increase in enrolments in 2024 (and an 18% increase on 2019).
- The Higher Education sector had the strongest growth (12%) in enrolments on 2024 with all other sectors showing minor growth, excepting ELICOS which declined by 37%.
- There were 219,791 commencements, which is a 13 per cent decline on the same period in 2024.
- Fifty-seven per cent of international students were from the following five student source countries: China (23% of international students), India (17%), Nepal (8%), Vietnam (5%) and Philippines (4%).
- The most popular Field of Education in Higher Education was Management and Commerce followed by Information Technology, while in VET it was Management and Commerce followed by Food, Hospitality and Personal Services.
- The most popular Level of Study in Higher Education was Masters degree (Coursework) followed by Bachelors degree, while in VET it was Diploma followed by Certificate IV.
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- Stream
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International Education
- Creator
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Department of Education
- Publisher
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Department of Education
- Publication type
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report
- Language
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English / Australian English
- Coverage
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Australia
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